Facebook

13+

Minimum age according to Facebook

What is Facebook?

Facebook is a social media service owned by Meta[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/esafety-guide/meta] that lets you create a page about yourself, an organisation or group. You can add friends, write on people’s pages, share photos and videos including live videos.

The 'Stories' feature lets you post short videos to your profile and apply overlay and filter effects. These videos only stay on your page for 24 hours then disappear.

You can also subscribe to the pages of other people or organisations, so that you receive updates about them. You can like and comment on each other’s pages. Facebook has additional settings that allow you to moderate these comments (such as keyword blocking) and control if other people tag you. You can also make your posts public or choose who sees individual posts. These functions are also available if you manage a Facebook page.

Facebook also has a private messaging service called Messenger[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/esafety-guide/facebook-messenger]. You can also access Meta AI[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/esafety-guide/meta-ai], an artificial intelligence chatbot, through Facebook’s search function, which can answer questions and search the internet.

Facebook Lite is a simplified version of Facebook that is ideal for people with slow or unreliable connections, low-end devices or limited data plans.

Website: facebook.comExternal link[https://www.facebook.com/]

Apps: Android appExternal link[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en,%20Apple%20iOS%20app|https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/facebook/id284882215%C2%A0], Apple iOS appExternal link[https://apps.apple.com/au/app/facebook/id284882215]

How do people use Facebook?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use social media like Facebook.

Facebook is used for: content sharing[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/content-sharing], live streaming[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/live-streaming], location sharing[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/location-sharing], messaging/online chat[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/messaging-online-chat], online relationships[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/online-relationships] and photo/video sharing[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/photo-video-sharing].

Messenger[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/esafety-guide/facebook-messenger], linked to and accessible via Facebook, is used for content sharing[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/location-sharing], messaging/online chat[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/messaging-online-chat], online relationships[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/online-relationships], photo/video sharing[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/photo-video-sharing], screen capture[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/online-tools-and-features/screen-capture], voice chat[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/voice-chat] and video calling[https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/video-calling].